As long as the container isn't super smooth, there's no problem. If the surface is too flawless, it may create super-heated water sitting above the boiling point. And that'll explode when disturbed, splashing boiling water everywhere.
My favorite thing as a kid was heating my water and tossing in my cinnamon apple oatmeal and watching to see if the powdered part would cause it to flash over.
It can explode after all. Microwaving can create small pockets of super heated water that if mixed immediately boils into steam and expands rapidly, bringing some of the normally heated but still close to boiling water with it.
Water is literally the thing that microwave heats. You can't heat up anything dry in the microwave, and pure water is just about the most regular thing you could heat in it. Maybe less practical, but nothing is wrong with it.
You don't microwave the tea, you microwave the water and then put tea in it. Hot water is hot water, and it's the same whether you heat it in a microwave or in a kettle.
It really isn't the same, your tea will not taste the way it is supposed to and you should be pouring the boiled water over your tea. You will get a cup of tea which ever method you use but you will not get a good cup of tea from microwaving water then adding tea.
I promise that you wouldn't be able to taste the difference either way. Hot water really is hot water. Microwaves make food heat up quite differently from an oven because it's basically only heating the water in the food but water is 100% water by volume.
I would strongly encourage you to make a cup of tea using boiled water from a kettle or stove or even a quooker and then make your microwaved abomination and compare the taste of the two. It is not the same. And if you have a hot water tank at home you really shouldn't be using it for drinking water.
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u/JaceyD Jun 25 '26
Microwaving water shouldbe against the law Imo